Armenian pianist Sergei Babayan studied in Moscow with Mikhael Pletnev before settling in the US in 1989. He was a prizewinner in several important competitions - the Hamamatsu Competition in Japan (where he won first prize), and the Queen Elisabeth and Busoni competitions. A wonderful interpreter of the great Romantics Rachmaninoff and Liszt, he is equally at home with Bach and Scarlatti, of whom a generous selection of sonatas is recorded on this CD, formerly issued on the Pro Piano label. It is a stunning display of clarity, elegance, virtuosity and heartfelt emotion.

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Recording information: Academy of Arts & Letters, New York (07/11/1995-07/12/1995).